It's not that what they've told you is wrong, it's that they haven't told you the WHOLE story...
That was C.B. Robertson's summary of the gnostic sales pitch during our recent PH2T3R podcast, and it's becoming an inside joke in our circle.
One of our best podcasts yet, we discuss Gnosticism and the "occult" as they relate to Solar Idealism.
A note from CB Robertson:
Gnosticism is not something to dwell on. But to avoid being led astray, it's probably wise to be aware of what Gnosticism actually is, and what it looks like when the gnostic impulse expresses itself in worldviews that go by other names.
For more resources on the topic, James Lindsay has two short(ish) videos and one very long video going deeper into the ideas here (and it is worth saying, Lindsay is mostly borrowing from the work of Eric Voegelin):
1. Gnosticism, Modern and Postmodern (20 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-vJ_qPPljc
2. The Gnostic Temptation (23 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svFxRVW0IfU
3. Gnosticism in the Modern West (2 hr 23 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spetALxmcSc
There are also decent Christian sources on the early Christian gnostics. We're not terribly concerned with Christianity, but one can glean a lot about gnostics in general from the early Christian gnostics specifically (for the real deep-dive nerds):
4. Gnosticism and the Early Church (25 min - Ryan Reeves) **[[best historical video]]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXc-vvCivp4
5. Gnosticism, The Enduring Heresy (28 min - Robert Barron)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOvVgqBpeTY
C. B. Robertson is the author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, Letter to Anwei and more. He writes for PH2T3R and his own blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.
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Jack Donovan is the author of The Way of Men, Becoming a Barbarian, A More Complete Beast, and Fire in the Dark. His is the founder of The Order of Fire and the PH2T3R project.
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